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species Capnia californica Claassen, 1924

• Common name(s):  California Snowfly
• Distribution:
  •  Mexico: Chihuahua. USA: AZ, CA, NM.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Claassen. 1924. Canad. Ent. 56(3):57   >> Capnia californica    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4987
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:134 >> Capnia californica
  • Nelson, C.R. & Baumann. 1989. Gr. Bas. Nat. 49(3):304   >> Capnia californica
  • Sargent, Baumann & Kondratieff. 1991. Southwest. Nat. 36:326 >> Capnia californica
  • Cary & Jacobi. 2008. In Hauer, Stanford & Newell [Ed.]. International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies 141   >> Capnia californica
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California, Sonoma County, Cazadero
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  CAS California

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